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Well done to tiny Iceland for doing what we in the UK have yet to achieve. They have made the gender pay gap illegal and companies who disobey will get fined. Can we do it here? Of course we could if vested interests in maintaining the status quo would move out of the way.

Another report on how little has changed with recruiting women on boards. In fact, no change to speak of in 10 years. What is happening? Businesses know that greater diversity means greater profits. The business case is well made. What can we do?

The recent revelations of the abuse of women by men like Weisntsein, MPs, etc, have sparked a slew of sensationalist media coverage. The backlash begins. Women are being blamed for allowing the abuse. This is a story that must not be allowed to go away. Seize the moment.

It’s been a strange week for women. The Weinstein abuse story breaks and sympathy abounds. Then the backlash. Why didn’t they tell? Let’s get to our comfortable space of blaming the women. And then, amazingly, we begin to listen to the women. Really listen.

No pun intended, but Cathy Newman is really in the news, both as in journalist on Channel 4 News, and also, this week she’s making news herself, in the i newspaper. One of the most recognisable faces on Channel 4 News, Newman joined the show in 2006,

How women are viewed in the media. Beautiful legs or too intelligent with friends so husband can beat you? It’s a plethora of mixed messages but the outcome is always the same, women are discriminated against.